Depends on application. Items that don't draw much power are much better served by Alkalines or Lithium's as they hold charge much, much longer. Rechargables as a rule lose charge very quickly & certainly have [COLOR="Red"]nowhere[/COLOR] near the shelf life of a Alkaline when in a charged state.

Depends on application. Items that don't draw much power are much better served by Alkalines or Lithium's as they hold charge much, much longer. Rechargables as a rule lose charge very quickly & certainly have [COLOR="Red"]nowhere[/COLOR] near the shelf life of a Alkaline when in a charged state.

Legacy nimh batteries will be flat within a few weeks. These ones are supposed to retain 70% of charge stored for 2 years at 20 degrees, with even better characteristics if you store at lower temperatures.